Chilton Book Company, 1965
G.P. Putman’s Sons, New York, 1969
G.P. Putman’s Sons, New York, 1976
STATED FIRST Edition, FIRST State, FIRST Printings of the Three Landmark Titles of Frank Herbert’s Dune series, DUNE, DUNE MESSIAH, and CHILDREN OF DUNE A handsome fine/near fine set of the three books in the DUNE series, with a stunning presentation on the shelf. Perhaps the nicest copy of Dune and of the Dune Trilogy on the market. Each book is in beautiful fine/near fine clean, crisp condition with fine/near fine original FIRST STATE dust jackets. DUNE is signed on a laid-in signature by Frank Herbert “Frank Herbert”. Details for each book are listed below by title. These represent all 3 of the scarce titles in the series, all in exceptional condition:
DUNE:
First Edition, First State, First Printing of DUNE by Frank Herbert, with the very scarce First State dust jacket. A Fine/near fine condition book in a Fine/Near fine stunning dust jacket with the four lines for the publisher information on the rear flap. Part one of the Dune series (initially a trilogy), of one of the most significant science fiction novels of the 20th century.
Original blue cloth boards with white titles to spine. The book is in beautiful condition with vibrant blue clean cloth, sharp corners and no edgewear but a small cloth blemish to the lower right front corner. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are in perfect condition being clean and bright with no owner names, no inscriptions, no bookplates, and no bookstore stamps. The internal pages are very crisp, clean, bright, flat and still stiff with no marks, no writing, no stains, no bent pages and no foxing. The outer page block is bright. Beautiful book, internally appearing as unread. DUNE is signed on a laid-in signature by Frank Herbert “Frank Herbert”. This book would be considered in fine condition but for the one small corner blemish. Please see images.
The book comes with the First edition, First State dust jacket in fine/near fine condition. The requisite 4 lines for the Chilton Books publisher’s address are present to the rear inside flap designating the true FIRST edition, FIRST STATE jacket for this title. The jacket has benefited from some very very slight restoration by an expert paper conservator to the outer spine tips, and as such presents as a fine/near fine example. The jacket has strong vibrant colors to the front and spine, and the rear panel is unusually bright. The jacket has No rips, No chips, No stains, No fading, No edgewear, and No foxing. The jacket is complete and NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $5.95. Lovely first state jacket! Please see the many included images.
DUNE MESSIAH:
First Edition, First printing Fine condition book in an unrestored Fine/near fine dust jacket. As called for there is no date on the title page other than the 1969 date, and the copyright page indicates no other editions. The book boards are a medium cafe brown color which was unique to the first edition, first printing as later printings and book club editions had black or red boards. The book was the second book of the original Dune Trilogy. This title has always been a fragile book due to the nature of the material used for the boards.
Clean, crisp brown paper boards with unfaded black titles to Front and Spine. Stunning condition book, with the boards still having their vibrant original sheen. The book has sharp corners and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean and bright, and have no owner names, no book plates, no inscriptions and no bookstore stamps. The internal pages are crisp, clean, bright and flat with no marks, no stains, no writing, no bent pages, and no foxing. The outer page block is bright. Beautiful clean, crisp book internally appearing as unread! Please see detailed images.
The bright unrestored original dust jacket presents as a fine/near fine example with but a few bits of tiny spotting to the rear panel. The jacket has strong vibrant colors with NONE of the typical fading to the spine. The jacket has no rips, no chips, no edgewear, no fading, no rubbing, and no foxing. The jacket is complete and not price clipped and has a stated price of $4.95. Please see images for more details. The jacket has been placed in a new clear archival cover.
CHILDREN OF DUNE:
First Edition, First printing Fine condition book in a Fine/near fine dust jacket. As called for there is no date on the title page other than the 1976 date, and the copyright page indicates no other editions.
Crisp book with deep vibrant red cloth boards, and gilt titles to the spine. The book has clean boards with sharp corners and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with no inscriptions, no bookplates, and no bookstore stamps. The internal pages are crisp, clean and bright with no writing, no inscriptions, no stains, no handling marks, no age toning and no foxing. The outer page block is bright. Please see the many detailed images.
The bright original dust jacket has benefited from very slight restoration to the very outer spine tips, by an expert paper conservator and presents as a near fine example. The jacket has strong vibrant colors with No edgewear, No chips, No rips, No rubbing, No stains, No tears and No foxing. Instead, this jacket is overall bright and vibrant with NONE of the otherwise common fading to the spine. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $8.95. The jacket is now placed in a new clear archival cover. Striking jacket presenting the book nicely! Please see images.
A superb collector’s set of this landmark THREE books of the DUNE Series, all in scarce extraordinary condition. A fantastic almost impossible to locate set!
HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Images of the jackets are taken both with and without the removeable dust jacket protector.
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